amok

Example Sentences

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The Arabic-language service appears to have run entirely amok.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

But concerns about a possible AI bubble are running amok, as stretched valuations within the technology sector draw an increasing amount of scrutiny.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

Their defending has been such an abomination that Celtic, with no dependable striker but with a point to prove, could potentially run amok.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

It would be facile and easy to argue that this level of emotion is characteristic of their “intimate male friendship” and their shared passion run amok.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025

Burr embodied Hamilton’s daring and energy run amok in a political culture still groping for its stable shape.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis